The cost of labor will continue to rise while the cost of CGI will continue to go down. We will see more and more CGI until the cost of labor decreases relative

The cost of labor will continue to rise while the cost of CGI will continue to go down. We will see more and more CGI until the cost of labor decreases relative to the cost of making movies. One thing that isn't accounted for is that as far as digital assets go, they are, for all intents and purposes, immutable, immortal, and more liquid (and counted as CapEx rather than OpEx). A prop from Alien might still be around in basically the same condition as it was made; the little fake CGI gun model and CGI Yoda will always be there; it doesn't matter what the actors or prop-makers want or don't want. It gives the studios more leverage.